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'''Tan Duc Nguyen''' (born 1973) was a two-time candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] in [[California]].  In 2004, he sought the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] nomination to run against incumbent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Dana Rohrabacher]] in [[California's 46th congressional district]].  In 2006, he ran as a [[Republican Party (United States)(contracted; show full)
Nguyen was born '''Nguyễn Đức Tân'''<ref name="VOA">{{cite news|title=Giới chức bang California điều tra về lá thư dọa tống giam di dân đi bầu cử|url=http://www.voanews.com/vietnamese/2006-10-20-voa5.cfm|work=[[Voice of America]]|publisher=[[Broadcasting Board of Governors]]|date=2006-10-20|accessdate=2006-10-22|language=Vietnamese}}</ref> in [[Da Nang]], [[South Vietnam]], in 1973.  In 1981, six years after the [[Fall of Saigon]], he and his family 
became [[boat people]]emigrated to the United States.  They settled in California, where Nguyen attended the [[University of California, Los Angeles]].  He later was graduated from the [[University of Minnesota]] with a baccalaureate and emphases on business-economics, biochemistry and Asian studies.  Nguyen married Hanh Lam and settled in southern California, working for [[American Express]].

==2004 Congressional campaign as a Democrat==
(contracted; show full)[[Category:Living people|Nguyen, Tan]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States|Nguyen, Tan]]
[[Category:American people of Vietnamese descent]]
[[Category:Vietnamese emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:California Democrats]]
[[Category:California Republicans]]
[[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]]
[[Category:University of Minnesota alumni]]